Proscenium Artists Management GmbH

Stage director

Seollyeon Konwitschny-Lee

Artist

Approved

Seollyeon Konwitschny originally wanted to become a professional pianist, but then decided to study painting at the Ewha Woman’s University of Seoul. In 2010, she completed her studies in art history and musicology at the Free University (FU) of Berlin with focus on baroque stage design and analysis of opera scores. During her student days, she completed her practical education in theatre by working as an assistant director for Claus Guth, Andreas Homoki, Peter Konwitschny, Vera Nemirova and Keith Warner at opera houses like Komische Oper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and Hamburgische Staatsoper. From 2010 to 2013 she collaborated with the Korean National Opera in Seoul, such as associate director and coordinator to Helmut Lohner’s new production ”Falstaff“ by Verdi. 
After a study visit in Italy supported by the DAAD-scholarship-fund she obtained a doctorate (PhD) of the FU Berlin in 2015 for her thesis on Alessandro Mauro, a Venetian stage designer of the 18th century.
Since 2015, Seollyeon Konwitschny has been working as stage director and realized productions in Germany at the Oper Bonn, the Staatstheater Augsburg, the Immling Festival, the Theater an der Rott in Eggenfelden, the T-Werk Potsdam and at the Donaufestwochen in Strudengau (Austria).
Due to the Covid-pandemic the Oper Dortmund had to cancel her production of the double-feature DIE WITWE DES SCHMETTERLINGS by Isang Yun together with GIANNI SCHICCHI by Puccini during the season 2020/21.

She holds regularly guest lectures at the universities of Leipzig and Vienna. During the winter 2018/19 she was invited as guest lecturer by the Keio University Tokyo (Theatre Studies, Department of German Literature).

During the current season she works as the collaboration director of Peter Konwitschny for the new production LA FORZA DEL DESTINO by Verdi at the Landestheater Linz in Austria. Currently, she is preparing her new productions in Germany and Korea for the saison 2024/25.

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